Exam question 4 · Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, part 7: the Prince learns th…
What undertaking did the Prince make before departing from his mother's presence?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: undertake, do, make, depart · To what, where: presence
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1823 «Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, part 7: the Prince learns the Magician's secret and sets out for the parrot» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 did | obj |
| 2 | undertaking | undertake | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Prince | det |
| 5 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 make | nsubj |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | ccomp |
| 7 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 8 departing | mark |
| 8 | departing | depart | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 make | advcl |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 presence | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 mother | nmod:poss |
| 11 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 presence | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 mother | case |
| 13 | presence | presence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 departing | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | undertake | gerund | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||||
| 2 | do | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | make | present | the Prince | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | depart | gerund | the Prince not said here | Prince's mother's presence | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from presence=Initial_Location |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
That he would return after the parrot was obtained, with the whole family freed
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 return | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 return | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 return | aux |
| 4 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 9 obtained | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 parrot | det |
| 7 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 obtained | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 obtained | aux:pass |
| 9 | obtained | obtain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 return | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 freed | punct |
| 11 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 15 freed | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 family | det |
| 13 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 family | amod |
| 14 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 freed | nsubj |
| 15 | freed | free | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 return | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | would | That | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | obtain | past · passive | the parrot | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | free | past | the whole family | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer |
Option 2
That he would return after the parrot was obtained and bring his mother the Princess
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 return | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 return | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 return | aux |
| 4 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 9 obtained | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 parrot | det |
| 7 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 obtained | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 obtained | aux:pass |
| 9 | obtained | obtain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 return | advcl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 bring | cc |
| 11 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 return | conj |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 mother | nmod:poss |
| 13 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 bring | obj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Princess | det |
| 15 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 bring | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | would | That | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | obtain | past · passive | the parrot | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | bring | infinitive | That not said here | the Princess | parrot's mother | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent mother=Destination princess=Theme |
Option 3
To go and return when the parrot was caught
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 go | mark |
| 2 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 return | cc |
| 4 | return | return | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 go | conj |
| 5 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 9 caught | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 parrot | det |
| 7 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 caught | aux:pass |
| 9 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 return | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | to-infinitive | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | return | infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | catch | past · passive | the parrot | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
That he would return after the parrot was obtained
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 return | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 return | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 return | aux |
| 4 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 9 obtained | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 parrot | det |
| 7 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 obtained | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 obtained | aux:pass |
| 9 | obtained | obtain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 return | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | would | That | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | obtain | past · passive | the parrot | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme |
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